Three things I'm looking forward to this autumn.

[swag]

1. Rose City Rollers Championship Bout, with the Heartless Heathers vs. the Guns & Rollers, and the Break Neck Betties vs. the High Rollers in the bout for third place.



2. Point to Point Navigation, by Gore Vidal, the sequel to his memoir Palimpsest, which I have read at least five times, so much do I enjoy it.



3. A Random Walk Down Wall Street, Ninth Edition by Burton Malkiel, the Princeton professor who pioneered index investing. He promises a new chapter on behavioral finance and the results of his most recent research on investment topics. I also expect a discussion of the new craze in fundamental indexing, about which Malkiel and John Bogle have been furiously debating Wharton's Jeremy Siegel.

[Hugin]

1. Well, I'm looking forward to...

Finishing the collected works of Charles Fort.

[swag]

9. Goodness me, what have you learned thus far?

I've only skimmed the Fortean Times occasionally, being more of a Skeptical Inquirer type myself.

[Hugin]

47. Strangely enough...

Fort was a 'Skeptic' as well...

He goes to great pains (in turn of the 20th century prose) to state he wasn't interested
in "Dog says, "Good Morning!" and then disappears in a green mist." stories.

Instead, the 'data' (ask he called it) was a collection of on the surface mundane stories
which had a deeper mystery which was frequently written off by the 'Authorities' as the
'Truth' might interfere with the story leading to them being deemed 'Authorities'.

Although, he doesn't mention it, I'm sure 'Continental Drift' would be among the types of
heresy that would catch his interest.

Kudzu might as well. :7

[swag]

2. 'nother. North Mississippi All Stars, Oct. 6, Wonder Ballroom

[enigmatic]

they are GODS

What a band; "Shake Hands W/ Shorty" is incredible...

[femmocrat]

3. You didn't ask, but.... I'm looking forward to the

Grand Prix series of figure skating. Skate America is in October.

That, and cooler temps!

[swag]

5. Are you going to see Skate America in person?

As for the cooler temps, most people in Portland, OR seem thrilled by the current autumn preview (cool and rainy) that we're receiving now.

Can't wait to meet them on the street next February, when they just want to choke the shit out of one another (and me) because it has been nothing but rain and gloom since Thanksgiving.

[femmocrat]

8. No, I just watch it on TV. It's in Hartford this year (too far).

It was in Pittsburgh last year (not too far from us) when the Russian skater (Totmianina-sp?) was dropped on her head. It was very expensive and poorly attended as I remember. I just love watching the entire series as it runs into early spring and gives me something to watch all winter.

[swag]

11. That's very fun. Is it on all day?

Sorry, I don't have cable, so I don't know.

[bicentennial_baby]

4. Ooooh, I want that last one!!

:bounce:

[swag]

7. You'd love it.

I've read three editions of that book now, and have learned a lot from each. I'm glad I read Malkiel when I was just getting started investing. Malkiel so coolly destroys the foundations of professional money management with facts and logic.

Now, of course, the big debate is between Burton Malkiel/John Bogle and Jeremy Siegel/Robert Arnott over Market Capital-Weighted (traditional) Index investing vs. the new trendy Fundamental (which for now means dividend-weighted) Index investing. It'll be fun to watch all that played out.

If you have any econo-finance books to recommend, I'd love to hear about them.

[Omphaloskepsis]

6. WTF is autumn?

Is that a season? We just have rain and August.

[swag]

10. I had lived in Portland for two years already when I was traveling

by motor carriage around and about the hinterlands and chanced upon Del & Tina's Yamhill Cafe down in, of all places, Yamhill.

I was thoroughly bewildered when Del asked me, "How do you like our Ducks?"

"They're very pretty," I said. "They quack a lot."

I'm what you might call slow on the uptake.

[XemaSab]

23. Nicholas Kristof is from Yamhill.

No shit.

[swag]

32. So is Beverly Cleary.

[XemaSab]

38. Shit, Yamhill is the cultural Mecca for the entire state of Oregon.

:P

[swag]

40. Yeah, Yamhill and my butt.

[XemaSab]

22. It rained this morning

in Santa Barbara.

This is the second rainstorm we've had in the last 4 months.

Shit, it POURED on my trip to Arizona last month, and POURED on my trip to the Salton Sea 2 weeks ago.

Like, WTF? I thought this was supposed to be arid and shit.

[swag]

34. It was beautiful pouring in NE Portland, the sun shining through,

happy hour bar menu at Ciao Vito.

People happy to be chilly.

[speedoo]

12. I'm gonna see these guys...

Grace Potter nad The Nocturnals. Best new band I have heard in decades.

Also looking forward to my trip to Portland... hope to see you then.

And thanks for the info on Malkiel's book. I am very interested in behavioral finance.:hi:

[swag]

14. I put Portland on alert for the first Saturday in November.

That's right, isn't it?

[speedoo]

16. Actually, I'm flying back to NYC that day.

Flight is early afternoon.

I thought we were talking about the Saturday before??

[swag]

17. October 28? I'll work that concept.

In the Oregon forum.

Thanks for the correction.

[speedoo]

19. Thanks, but please don't make a fuss.

I will be out there again, so I'm sure there will be more opportunities for me to join one of your meetups.

[swag]

21. Wouldn't make a fuss.

Would just gather some people.

Hope to see you then.

[speedoo]

24. Excellent.

I'll keep that day clear, and I look forward to it.

[jane_pippin]

13. I'm also looking forward to the Gore Vidal book.

In addition, I expect to enjoy:

Finishing The Children's Hospital--an excellent book. Probably the best thing I've read all year if not years. Though I should say reading instead of finishing because I don't want it to end.

Seeing my friends again. It's been too long.

[swag]

15. Just read some stuff about "The Children's Hospital."

Thanks for the tip. Somebody I know needs that for her birthday.

Have a fine autumn.

[jane_pippin]

36. I hope she likes it and

I hope she lends it to you.

A fine Autumn to you, too.

[swag]

18. That new 4-hour Andy Warhol documentary

http://www.pbs.org/previews/americanmasters_warhol/

is on my PBS station September 20.



I wonder if that's officially autumn yet.

The only time I saw the band The Fall play, they began the show on the night of the autumnal equinox, the very minute autumn was slated to begin in my town.

[bridgit]

26. you of course mean the American Masters production...

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/warhol_a.html do think i have seen it previous, and it is a good one; i should dvr it this time around

[swag]

30. That's the one. I have seen three other Warhol documentaries,

I'm very excited about seeing this one.

[bridgit]

33. love me some Andy i does me, that Masters series has some...

exceptional folks in it, the one on Rauschenberg is inspirational too; but the one on Andy...brilliant! seen a couple on Andy, i should maybe view this one you mention just to make sure :thumbsup:

[swag]

35. There was an American Masters one in the 80s that I have on Beta

that was just the best.

But I think this one coming up is a new one, and is four hours' worth.

It's showing in some theater here this weekend, too.

[bridgit]

44. ah, i'll be watching for it here, in the one i was thinking about...

they were laying out how corny people thought his soup cans were, and that on a visit to his house one day, he actually offered his guests some...campbells soup; it was thought that he was being a vacuous smart-ass, which was never less than possible; or that maybe they gave him a lifetime supply or some such, but it was pointed out from a grander, art history point of view, that soup embodies: home, wellness, nutrition, caring, love...the whole nine, and so, classically artful themes

who'da thunk it, still love me some Andy though

[swag]

45. Well, he took it all one big level beyond Duchamp

and others have gone further now, but in smaller increments. Duchamp an absolutely enormous leap, Warhol a huge leap beyond Duchamp.

One narrow, limited way of viewing a small sliver of things, but valid in its own stunted way, I think.

[bridgit]

46. i love me some Andy for wholly other reasons, his poppy-ness...

being among them, a simple understanding of 'factory' & mass production, filling a space with 'pretty', though insofar as Duchamp imo Kienholz is another matter altogether

[jpgray]

20. I look forward to the death of the Sunday morning loud lawnmower

[swag]

27. Something William Carlos Williams (whom whoisalhedges does not like)

about your post.

[jpgray]

28. Please forgive him. He is so sweet and so cold

I know "Sunday morning loud lawnmower" is from something. But I can't remember what.

[jpgray]

29. It's an Fall lyric!

I know myself by heart these days.

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1306367

[swag]

31. At first nonrecog panic of not knowing, I guessed "Athlete Cured."

Thank you for edification.

[XemaSab]

25. I want me some rarities.

Yummah. I am hongry for the rarities. Yes indeed.

[swag]

37. Where can one typically find such items?

[XemaSab]

41. Migrant/vagrant traps.

Duh. :eyes:

[swag]

42. Oh, right. Sorry. I was in my own referential totality there.

Enjoy your rarities.

[u4ic]

39. Autumn? What's that?

It was 30c last weekend; this weekend it's supposed to snow. x(

I gotta get out of this damn city...

[swag]

43. Oh, you're from Edmonton.

I lived in Havre, MT from 1971 - 1982. So I consider you a neighbor (whether you like it or not) and know exactly what you're talking about.